Lamp-burner



(No Model.)

H. GILLETTE.

LAMP BURNER.

Patent-ed Nov. 15, 1887.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARLEIGH GILLETTE, OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.

LAMP-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,065, dated November15, 1887. Application filed February 10, 1887. Serial No. 227,232. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARLELGH GILLETTE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Highland Park, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Flat-Tubed Lamp-Burners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to that class of lampburners having an automaticextinguishingplate hinged Within a cut-out sideof the wicktube; and itconsists of improvements in the form of plate and means for supportingthe same, whereby the obstructions due to oil,.

heat, and refuse are overcome and theextinguisher made to operatepractically and continuously, while at the same time the draft of thelighted wick is greatly improved.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lampwick tube embodying my improvedfeatures. Fig. 2 represents the same with the extinguishing-plateremoved. Fig. 3 shows the said detached extinguishingplate, and Figs. 4and 5 are vertical sections, showing the plate, respectively, in araised and lowered position.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the wick-tube A has oneside, near the top,removed, as shown in Fig.2, the side edges of thesame being extended or turned outward to form the brackets a a. Theextinguisher B, consisting of a thick metal plate, is beveled or'convexed on the inner side, and has its base b enlarged or bent inward.It is the enlarged or curved-in base b impinging against the wick-tubebelow the cut-out portion.

Looking at Figs. 4 and 5, itis apparent that when the wick is loweredbeyond'a certain pointthe plate will, by gravity, swing or fall inwardand close the mouth of the wick-tube, resting upon the part a in ahorizontal position. In this way the flame is instantly and effectuallyextinguished. -In addition, the flame of the lighted wick has itscombustion greatly improved by the draft in the direction of the arrows,Figs. 1 and 4.

I claim as my invention The combination, in a lamp-burner, of thewick-tube A, having one side near the top cutaway and the edgesfashioned to form the rest a, and the brackets a a with theextinguishing-plate B, hinged upon the said brackets and provided withthe stop I), all arranged and constructed substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

HARLEIGH GILLETTE.

WVit-nesses:

W. S. DAVIS, R0131. H. GILLETTE.

